Created by the producers of the online video series Pensado’s Place, the Pensado Awards are set to take place June 28, 2014, at the Fairmont Miramar in Santa Monica, and broadcast online globally one week later. Co-hosting will be producer-engineers Chris Lord-Alge (Muse, Pink, Foo Fighters, Avril Lavigne, Green Day, Daughtry, Paramore, Black Eyed Peas), Marcella Araica (Britney Spears, Madonna, Pink, Duran Duran, Keri Hilson) and Young Guru (Jay Z, Beyoncé, Mariah Carey), with additional co-hosts to be announced.

Marcella Araica

Herb Trawick, the Co-host/Executive Producer and Creator of Pensado’s Place, as well as manager and advisor to Pensado’s Place co-host Dave Pensado, says, “The Pensado Awards have grown from a simple idea to a full-blown production. Our dream is really coming to fruition! We are very excited to have Chris, Marcella and Young Guru on board as co-hosts, with more names to come in the weeks ahead.”

“We have had so many talented personalities featured on Pensado’s Place, and we are lucky to have these three as our newly-announced co-hosts," Pensado says. "Each of them brings a unique perspective to the art of music-making, and together they represent the best of what the recording industry can offer the world.”

“Dave Pensado and Herb Trawick are like The Tonight Show of the audio world, bringing the men and women behind the board in front of the camera with the Pensado’s Place program," says Chris Lord-Alge. "It's an honor to be sharing their audience as part of the Pensado Awards, and my co-hosts and I look forward to participating in this special night.”